Agricultural and Biological Sciences
8 years ago

Residual zinc dominates Maharashtra soils, impacting availability and organic matter.

Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science
Distribution of Different Forms of Zinc in Benchmark and Other Established Soil Series of Maharashtra
S.S. Drane, Livleen Shukla

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